tracked leader, led after 3rd, made rest, clear before 4 out, 2 lengths ahead and ridden before the last, good jump to assert last, stayed on gamely run-in
6 19:35 Exeter 08 Nov 2024
Gallagher Insurance 'Challenger' Stayers' Handicap Chase (Class 3) (4YO plus)
3m 54y Good
held up tracking leaders on inside, mistake 4th (water), closer in 3rd at 5th, went 2nd 4 out, ridden before 2 out, driven and 2 lengths down at the last, stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with winner
held up in last pair, headway into 4th before 11th, pushed along after 14th, went 3rd 3 out, stayed on run-in pressing for 2nd but no chance with winner
led until after 3rd, chased winner, pushed along before 4 out, lost 2nd 4 out, weakened next
off the pace in last pair, reminders and struggling after 13th, tailed off
tracked leaders, jumped slowly and lost place 5th, behind and struggling 11th, tailed off and pulled up 14th
Previous winners
| Year | Going | Ran | Winner | Draw | Age | Weight | OR | Form | Last run | Trainer (Distance) | Jockey | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Good to Soft | 12 | Make Me A Believer | 8 | 11 8 | 124 | 213-664 | 223 days | D Pipe (30 miles) | Jack Tudor | 10/ 1 | 6:27.30 | |
| 2022 | Good | 11 | Masters Legacy | 7 | 12 0 | 130 | 25200-6 | 27 days | P Hobbs & J White (44 miles) | Michael Nolan | 7/ 1 | 6:03.10 | |
| 2021 | Good to Soft | 13 | St Erney | 10 | 10 6 | 110 | 1P-0P3P | 233 days | Miss J Du Plessis (45 miles) | Harry Kimber | 12/ 1 | 6:17.73 | |
| 2020 | Good to Soft | 18 | Jersey Bean | 7 | 11 7 | 125 | 2278-31 | 23 days | O Sherwood (127 miles) | Brendan Powell | 11/ 2 | 6:18.50 | |
| 2019 | Soft | 13 | Orchardstown Cross | 8 | 11 5 | 123 | 32-211 | 249 days | J Scott (29 miles) | Rex Dingle | 5/ 1 | 6:17.90 | |
| 2018 | Good | 7 | Scoop The Pot | 8 | 11 9 | 129 | 32P423 | 21 days | P Hobbs & J White (44 miles) | Richard Johnson | 3/ 1 | 5:52.10 | |
| 2017 | Soft | 10 | Ask The Weatherman | 8 | 12 4 | 132 | 11-1171 | 204 days | Jack Barber (41 miles) | Nick Scholfield | 10/ 3 | 6:49.40 | |
| 2016 | Good | 10 | Caulfields Venture | 10 | 11 12 | 127 | 3P1P-P3 | 14 days | Miss E C Lavelle (132 miles) | Daryl Jacob | 7/ 1 | 5:48.50 | |
| 2015 | Soft | 13 | Saroque | 8 | 11 6 | 124 | 5-22F47 | 223 days | Miss V Williams (137 miles) | Aidan Coleman | 10/ 1 | 6:30.10 | |
| 2014 | Good to Soft | 12 | Gas Line Boy | 8 | 11 12 | 128 | 1348U-P | 24 days | P Hobbs & J White (44 miles) | Richard Johnson | 7/ 1 | 6:01.10 | |
| 2013 | Good to Soft | 8 | Gas Line Boy | 7 | 11 9 | 127 | 12437-3 | 35 days | P Hobbs & J White (44 miles) | Richard Johnson | 11/ 4 | 6:15.40 | |
| 2012 | Good to Soft | 10 | Richard's Sundance | 10 | 11 5 | 123 | 44F354 | 241 days | V R A Dartnall (42 miles) | A Glassonbury | 9/ 2 | 6:21.90 | |
| 2011 | Good | 15 | Fortification | 8 | 11 3 | 115 | 8P-4P68 | 243 days | K Burke (57 miles) | J Farrelly | 16/ 1 | 5:55.10 | |
| 2010 | Good to Soft | 9 | Iconoclast | 9 | 11 8 | 121 | 3-S11P3 | 213 days | A M Hales (202 miles) | Paddy Brennan | 10/ 1 | 6:05.20 | |
| 2009 | Good to Soft | 13 | Gentle Ranger | 7 | 11 11 | 123 | 12-9423 | 203 days | D Pipe (30 miles) | Tom Scudamore | 14/ 1 | 6:20.50 | |
| 2008 | Good to Soft | 18 | Mistress Nell | 8 | 10 7 | 104 | 223P61 | 193 days | A J Lidderdale (129 miles) | M Bradburne | 28/ 1 | 6:24.40 | |
| 2007 | Good | 9 | Special Conquest | 9 | 10 2 | 97 | F7273-5 | 10 days | J W Mullins (97 miles) | W Kavanagh | 25/ 1 | 5:51.40 | |
| 2006 | Good | 12 | Charlies Future | 8 | 10 8 | 107 | 74F45P | 238 days | R Alner (74 miles) | Daryl Jacob | 5/ 1 | 5:52.60 | |
| 2005 | Good to Soft | 11 | Saffron Sun | 10 | 10 9 | 106 | P59P-81 | 27 days | J D Frost (24 miles) | C Williams | 15/ 2 | 6:05.60 | |
| 2004 | Good to Soft | 11 | Tresor De Mai | 10 | 11 10 | 123 | 74505-4 | 9 days | M Pipe (30 miles) | A P McCoy | 12/ 1 | 6:23.20 |